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... eclipse witha scourge of plague, these might wellbelooked upon as causes inthe same sensethat theveering or backingof thewind is regarded asacause offineor foul weather. For these reasons wefindthatthe earnest men ofall ages have ...
... eclipse witha scourge of plague, these might wellbelooked upon as causes inthe same sensethat theveering or backingof thewind is regarded asacause offineor foul weather. For these reasons wefindthatthe earnest men ofall ages have ...
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... eclipses of 1062 B.C.and 762 B.C.; and has therebybeen enabled, inthelast few years,to correctthe lunar tablesof Hansen, andto findamore accurate value for the secular acceleration of the moon's longitude and the node of her ...
... eclipses of 1062 B.C.and 762 B.C.; and has therebybeen enabled, inthelast few years,to correctthe lunar tablesof Hansen, andto findamore accurate value for the secular acceleration of the moon's longitude and the node of her ...
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... eclipses of the sun and moon, andofthe motions of the planets among the stars,became later the highestgoal in astronomy. To not oneof the above important steps in the progress of astronomy canwe assign theauthor with certainty. Probably ...
... eclipses of the sun and moon, andofthe motions of the planets among the stars,became later the highestgoal in astronomy. To not oneof the above important steps in the progress of astronomy canwe assign theauthor with certainty. Probably ...
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... eclipse. Itprobably created great terror, for they were executed in punishment for their neglect. Ifthis account betrue,it meansthatinthe twenty second centuryB.C. some rule forcalculating eclipses was in use. Here, again, patient ...
... eclipse. Itprobably created great terror, for they were executed in punishment for their neglect. Ifthis account betrue,it meansthatinthe twenty second centuryB.C. some rule forcalculating eclipses was in use. Here, again, patient ...
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... and appointmentof the gods. They recorded these movements, but mainlyinthe hope of tracing the will of the gods in mundane affairs.Ptolemy (about 130 A.D.) made use of Babylonian eclipses in the eighth century B.C. for.
... and appointmentof the gods. They recorded these movements, but mainlyinthe hope of tracing the will of the gods in mundane affairs.Ptolemy (about 130 A.D.) made use of Babylonian eclipses in the eighth century B.C. for.
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